sound problem

Hi

I'm having a problem with my sound.  Have looked around for information, so 
can give a bit more information that might be able to help.  I am getting 
the following error message

Sound Server Informational Message:

Error while initializing the sound driver

device/dev/dsp can't be opened (no such device)

Now, I have a VIA Technologies card, that is showing as disabled.  Don't 
know how to change that.

Entering the following command less /proc/ioports  I get the following 
result.

0000-001f : dma1
0020-003f : pic1
0040-005f : timer
0060-006f : keyboard
0070-007f : rtc
0080-008f : dma page reg
00a0-00bf : pic2
00c0-00df : dma2
00f0-00ff : fpu
0170-0177 : ide1
01f0-01f7 : ide0
02f8-02ff : serial(auto)
0376-0376 : ide1
03c0-03df : vga+
03f6-03f6 : ide0
03f8-03ff : serial(auto)
0cf8-0cff : PCI conf1
1000-100f : VIA Technologies, Inc. Bus Master IDE
1000-1007 : ide0
1008-100f : ide1
1010-1013 : VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 AC97 Audio Controller
1014-1017 : VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 AC97 Audio Controller
1018-101f : Conexant HSF 56k Data/Fax Modem
1020-103f : VIA Technologies, Inc. UHCI USB
1020-103f : usb-uhci
1040-105f : VIA Technologies, Inc. UHCI USB (#2)
1040-105f : usb-uhci
1400-14ff : VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 AC97 Audio Controller
1800-18ff : Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C
6800-687f : VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super ACPI]
8000-80ff : VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super ACPI]
8100-810f : VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super ACPI]
/proc/ioports (END)


less /proc/interrupts returned the following results.

          CPU0
0:    1011201          XT-PIC  timer
1:       2742          XT-PIC  keyboard
2:          0          XT-PIC  cascade
4:      77585          XT-PIC  serial
8:          2          XT-PIC  rtc
9:          0          XT-PIC  usb-uhci, usb-uhci
12:     151988          XT-PIC  PS/2 Mouse
14:      29818          XT-PIC  ide0
15:      55764          XT-PIC  ide1
NMI:          0
ERR:          0
/proc/interrupts (END)



Ok.  I'd appreciate any help or ideas that anyone has

Thanks
Richard


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